Water Messages Featured Collections
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The MARKK is committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.
If you are interested in collaborating, please contact Dr. Johanna Wild: johanna.wild@markk-hamburg.de
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Collections and items in the MARKK have incomplete, inaccurate, and/or missing attribution. We are using this Notice to clearly identify this material so that it can be updated, or corrected by communities of origin.
The MARKK is committed to collaboration and partnerships to address this problem of incorrect or missing attribution.
![Walap, model of an outrigger canoe, before 1911, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-11_105_1-1100x1650.jpg)
Wa
Model of an outrigger canoe
Marshall Islands
before 1911
wood, coconut fibre cord, woven pandanus sail
160 x 153 x 42 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 11.105:1 / donation by Antonie Brandeis (1868-1945), entry 1911
Rebbelip
Stick chart
Marshall Islands, before 1910
coconut midrib, plant fibre, snail shells
90 x 90 x 5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 393:10 / purchase from Jaluit Company, entry 1910
![Stick chart, Marshall Islands, before 1910, South Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-393_10_Paul-1100x1650.jpg)
![Drum, before 1885, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/E-989_Inventur-1100x1650.jpg)
Aje
Drum
Marshall Islands
before 1885
wood, without skin
65 x 26 x 26 cm
MARKK Inv. No. E 989 / donation by C. Krey jur., entry 1885
Dekā in Nin
Bast beater
Marshall Islands
before 1992
giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
30 x 12 x 9 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 92.58:1 / entry 1992
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-92_58_1-1100x733.jpg)
![Axe, Marshall Islands, before 1913, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-13_143_37-1100x1650.jpg)
Ulul
Axe
Marshall Islands
before 1913
wood, giant clam
(Tridacna gigas)
45.5 x 15 x 4.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 13.143:37 / purchase from Georg Merz, entry 1913
Ek Kāāj
Fishhook
Marshall Islands
before 1950
shell, plant fibre
11,5 x 2,5 x 5,3 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 50.61:21 / exchange, entry 1950
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-50_61_21-1100x733.jpg)
![Fishhook
Marshall Islands
before 1963
Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-63_21_28-1100x733.jpg)
Ek Kāāj
Fishhook
Marshall Islands
before 1963
shell, plant fibre
15 x 5.7 x 3 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 63.21:28 / purchase, entry 1963
Ek Kāāj
Fishhook
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
before 1910
shell, plant fibre
12.7 x 3.2 x 6.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 3429b II / appropriated by Augustin Krämer during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1910
![Fishhook, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands before 1910 Pacific Ocean Shell, plant fibre](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/3429b-II_Inventur-1100x733.jpg)
![Water drinking vessel, Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands, before 1910, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-7519-II-1100x1100.jpg)
Water drinking vessel
Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands
before 1910
shell
17.5 x 21.5 x 20.3 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 7519 II / appropriated by Franz Emil Hellwig (1854-1929), during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1910
Marmar
Necklace
Majel, Marshall Islands
before 1879
spondylus, coconut shell, white shells
4.7 x 39 x 0.6 cm
MARKK Inv. No. E 709 / purchase from Carl Wilhelm Lüders (1823-1896), entry 1879
![Necklace
Majel, Marshall Islands
before 1879
Pacific Ocean
Spondylus, coconut](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-E-709-1100x1100.jpg)
![Paddle, Marshall Islands, before 1969, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/69_21_1-Bild1_Inventur-scaled-e1689761088485-877x2200.jpg)
Jebwe
Paddle
Marshall Islands
before 1969
wood
154 x 10 x 4 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 69.21:1 / donation, entry 1969
Water vessel
Marshall Islands
before 1922
coconut, pandanus leaf and coconut fibre
16 x 15.5 x 13.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 22.63:9 / donation by Antonie Brandeis (1868-1945), entry 1922
![Water vessel, Marshall Islands, before 1922, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-22_63_9-1100x1100.jpg)
![Triton trumpet, No place or date documented, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-xx-oz-1138.jpg)
Triton trumpet
No place or date documented
shell (Charonia tritonis)
14.5 x 36 x 42 cm
MARKK Inv. No. xx oz 1138 / no information available in the museum documentation
Spondylus americanus
Oceania
before 1980
7.5 x 10 x 11 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 80.10:18 / purchase, entry 1980
![Spondylus americanus
Oceania](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-80_10_18-1100x1100.jpg)
![Giant clam
(Tridacna Gigas)
Place not documented
before 1980
Indo-Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-80_10_7-1100x733.jpg)
Giant clam
(Tridacna Gigas)
Place not documented
before 1980
37 x 76 x 55 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 80.10:7 / purchase, entry 1980
Abalone
(Haliotis)
No place or date documented
21 x 8 x 17.2 cm
MARKK Inv. No. xx oz 1137 / no further information in museum documentation
![Abalone (Haliotis)
Indo-Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/xx-oz-1137-Teil1_Inventur-1100x733.jpg)
![Naga, Shadow play figure, Northern Bali, Indonesia, before 1989, Indian Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/89_69_179-1100x646.jpg)
Naga
Shadow play figure
Northern Bali, Indonesia
before 1989
leather, pigments, wooden sticks
55 x 92 x 2 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 89.69:179 / purchase, entry 1989
Model of a fish trap
Kalimantan Island, Indonesia
before 1913
59 x 38.5 x 33 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 13.120:236 / purchase from W. Heldermann, entry 1913
![Model of a fish trap, Kalimantan Island, Indonesia, before 1913](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/13_120_236_Inventur-Kopie_bearbeitet-1100x733.jpg)
![Fish trap, Java, Indonesia, before 1905](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/6094_05_Inventur-Kopie_bearbeitet-1100x733.jpg)
Fish trap
Java, Indonesia
before 1905
cane reeds
56 x 24.5 x 23 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 6094:05 / donation by a member of the Warburg family, entry 1905
Water Basket
Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia
before 1905
palm leaf
24 x 30 x 15 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 281:05 / donation by Eduard Lorenz-Meyer, entry 1905
![Water Basket, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, before 1905, Makassar Strait](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-281_05_Paul-1100x1100.jpg)
![Water vessel with decorative carvings, Marquesas Islands, before 1960, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-60_40_3-1100x1100.jpg)
Water vessel with decorative carvings
Marquesas Islands
before 1960
coconut, bone
18 x 18.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 60.40:3 / exchange with Matthias Ludovicus Joannes Lemaire (1891-1979), entry 1960
Paddle
Manuae, Cook Islands
date not documented
wood
145 x 28.5 x 5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. E 572 / no information in museum documentation
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-E-572.jpg)
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-31_247_1.jpg)
Paddle
Manuae, Cook Islands
before 1931
wood
109 x 25 x 5.8 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 31.247:1 / donation by Richard Sthamer, entry 1931
Paddle
Irian Jaya
before 1916
wood
155 x 15 x 3.2 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 16.39:3 / donation by Eugen Engler, entry 1916
![Paddle, Irian Jaya, before 1916, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/16_39_3_Inventur-1100x711.jpg)
![Paddle, Nakanai, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, before 1908, Bismarck Sea, South Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-885-I.jpg)
Paddle
Nakanai
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
before 1908
wood
165 x 14 x 3.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 885 I / appropriated by Wilhelm Müller-Wismar (1886-1916) during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1908/09
Carved Crocodile
Papua-Neuguinea
before 1921
wood, pigments
13,5 x 187,5 x 11 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 21.49:3 / purchase from the former Reichsabrechnungsstelle Hamburg, entry 1921
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/21_49_3-Bild1-1100x825.jpg)
![Stairs of a stilt house in the shape of a crocodile, Village Lala, Manus Province, Admiralty Islands, before 1908, South Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-2914_I.jpg)
Stairs of a stilt house in the shape of a crocodile
Village Lala, Manus Province,
Admiralty Islands
before 1908
wood, pigments
183.5 x 19.5 x 21 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 2914 I / purchase from Albert Stehr via Franz Emil Hellwig (1854-1929) during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1908
Khosha
Model of boat for the
transport of livestock
Bangladeshi boat builders
Pabna, Bangladesh
before 2005
wood, metal, fabric
85 x 73 x 45 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 2008.25:3 / donation, entry 2008
![Model of boat for the transport of livestock, Bangladeshi boat builders, Pabna, Bangladesh, before 2005, Padma River, Ganges Delta, Wood, metal, fabric](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-2008_25_3.jpg)
![Model of Boat for the transport of timber, Bangladeshi boat builders, Khulna, Bangladesh, before 2005, Ganges Delta, Wood, metal, fabric](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-2008_25_6-1100x1100.jpg)
Podi
Model of Boat for the transport of timber
Bangladeshi boat builders
Khulna, Bangladesh
before 2005
wood, metal, fabric
72 x 92.5 x 29 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 2008.25:6 / donation, entry 2008
Vishnu on the world serpent
Anant Shivaji Desai at Ravi Varma Press
Maharashtra, India
1906-1945
printing color on paper
36.8 x 25.1 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 84.14:592 / purchase, entry 1984
![Vishnu on the world serpent, Anant Shivaji Desai at Ravi Varma Press Maharashtra, India, 1906-1945](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-84_14_592.jpg)
![Water container, China, before 1866, Northern Pacific Ocean, Bamboo](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-A-188.jpg)
Water container
China
before 1866
bamboo
30.5 x 15 cm
MARKK Inv. No. A 188 / donation by I. F. Schmidt, entry 1866
Waka hoe
Paddle
Aotearoa, New Zealand
before 1913
wood
182 x 16.5 x 6 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 13.138:3 / purchase from Thomas Edward Donne, entry 1913
![Waka hoe, Paddle, Aotearoa, New Zealand, before 1913, Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/13_138_3-Bild1_Inventur-1100x648.jpg)
![Chigdax, Gut parka, Unangax, Alaska, before 1937, North Pacific Ocean](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/37_37_1_A_Paul-1100x829.jpg)
Chigdax̂
Gut parka
Unangax̂
Alaska
before 1937
seal gut, birdskin,
feathers, sinew, wool
190 x 115 x 30 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 37.37:1 / exchange with Infanterie-Regiment 69 III. Bataillon, Hamburg, entry 1937
Amaat
Women’s outer parka
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kitaa (West Greenland)
before 1877
seal and reindeer skin
98 x 47 x 42 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 10a / appropriated by Johann Adrian Jacobsen (1853-1947) for Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) in Ilulissatin 1877, entry 1878
![Women’s outer parka
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kitaa (West Greenland)
before 1877
Disko Bay
Seal and reindeer skin](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-B-10a.jpg)
![Women’s knife
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1881
Arctic Ocean
Wood, iron](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-A-1113-1100x1100.jpg)
Ulu
Women’s knife
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1881
wood, iron
9.2 x 10.2 x 1.8 cm
MARKK Inv. No. A 1113 / exchange with the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, entry between 1881 and 1905
Mittens
Inuit (Kalaalit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1915
sealskin
43 x 28.5 x 4 cm
46 x 23 x 2.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 15.11:41 / purchase from J.F.G. Umlauff (1833-1899), entry 1915
![Mittens
Inuit (Kalaalit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1915
Arctic Ocean
Sealskin](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-15_11_41-1100x733.jpg)
![Needle holder
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
before 1893
Greenland Sea
Sealskin, bone](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-B-2694.jpg)
Needle holder
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
before 1893
sealskin, bone
1.7 x 7.9 x 44.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 2694 / exchange with the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, entry 1893
Kayak with human figure and paddle
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1905
ivory or bone
3.3 x 6.8 x 13 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 21 / purchase from Carl Wilhelm Lüders (1823-1896), entry before 1905
![Kayak with human
figure and paddle
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1905
Ivory or bone](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-B-21-1100x733.jpg)
![Snow goggle, Inuit (Kalaallit), Upernivik, Kitaa (West Greenland), 19th century, Wood, leather strap](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-12_114_23-1100x716.jpg)
Snow goggles
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Upernivik, Kitaa (West Greenland)
19th century
wood, leather strap
4.5 x 16.3 x 15 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 12.114:23 / purchase from Christian Leden, entry 1912
Snow goggles
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
19th century
wood, leather strap
16 x 20 x 5.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 2692 / exchange with National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, entry 1893
![Snow goggles
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
19th century
Wood, leather strap](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-B-2692-1100x716.jpg)
![Snow goggle, Inuit (Kalaalit), Tunu (East Greenland), late 19th – early 20th century, Wood, leather strap](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-74_31_5-1100x716.jpg)
Snow goggles
Inuit (Kalaalit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
late 19th – early 20th century
wood, leather strap
2.5 x 15 x 7.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 74.31:5 / donation, entry 1974
Summer Camp: A Seal Hunt Scene
Hoseas Tukula (Kalaallit)
Tasiilaq, Tunu (East Greenland)
20th century
wood print
45.5 x 30.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 74.59:1 / purchase, entry 1974
![Summer Camp: A Seal Hunt Scene, Hoseas Tukula (Kalaallit), Tasiilaq, Tunu (East Greenland), 20th century, Greenland Sea, Wood print](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-74_59_1-1100x835.jpg)
![Sea Lion Figurine
presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
Ivory or bone](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-A-2783-1100x1100.jpg)
Sea lion figurine
presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
3.6 x 2.1 x 4.2 cm
MARKK Inv. No. A 2783 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891
Seal figurine
presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
1.7 x 1.7 x 5.4 cm
MARKK Inv. No. A 2790 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891
![Seal Figurine
presumably Chukchi Sibiria before 1891 Ivory or bone](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-A-2790-1100x733.jpg)
![Human Figure presumably Chukchi Sibiria before 1891 Ivory or bone](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-A-2749_Bild2.jpg)
Human figure
presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
7.5 x 2 x 1 cm
MARKK Inv. No. A 2749 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891
Human figure
presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
5.6 x 2 x 1.4 cm
MARKK Inv. No. A 2751 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891
![Human Figure, presumably Chukchi, Sibiria, before 1891, Ivory or bone](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-B-2751.jpg)
![Human Figure, presumably Chukchi, Sibiria, before 1891, Ivory or bone](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-B-2752.jpg)
Human figure
presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
9 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
MARKK Inv. No. A 2752 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891
Two seals on their backs
Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut
Alaska
before 1882
ivory
2.5 x 14 x 3 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 669 / purchase from Comptant, entry in 1882
![Two seals on their backs
Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut
Alaska
before 1882
Ivory](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-B-669-1100x733.jpg)
![Cribbage scrimshaw board, Yupiit or Iñupiat, Alaska, before 1966, Bering Sea Walrus tusk](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/66_7_1_Collage-e1689766670138-1100x806.jpg)
Cribbage scrimshaw board
Yupiit or Iñupiat
Alaska
before 1966
walrus tusk
3.5 x 37.5 x 6.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 66.7:1 / purchase, entry 1966
Snow goggles
Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut
Alaska
19th – early 20th century
wood
6.5 x 3.5 x 17 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 74.31:6 / donation, entry 1974
![Snow goggle, Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut, Alaska, 19th – early 20th century, Wood](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-74_31_6-1100x716.jpg)
![Snow goggle, Iñupiat, Alaska, late 19th – early 20th century, Wood, leather strap](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-74_31_7-1100x716.jpg)
Snow goggles
Iñupiat
Alaska
late 19th – early 20th century
wood, leather strap
4 x 13 x 10 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 74.31:7 / donation, entry 1974
Nuliajuk
(Mother of the Sea)
Isa Kasudluak (Inuit)
Inukjuak, Turtle Island (North America)
before 1981
carved Stone
11.7 x 19.7 x 7.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 81.12:1 / purchase from Galerie Berger, entry 1981
![Nuliajuk (Mother of the Sea), Isa Kusudluak (Inuit), Inukjuak, Turtle Island (North America), before 1981, Hudson Bay](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-81_12_1-1100x733.jpg)
![Paddle, Charles N. Natkong SR (Lla‘iishaan) (Tlingit), Higdáa Gándlaay (Hydaborg), Alaska, before 1978, Sukkwan Strait](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-78_42_8.jpg)
Paddle
Charles N. Natkong SR (Lla‘iishaan)
(Tlingit)
Higdáa Gándlaay (Hydaborg), Alaska
before 1978
painted wood
158.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:8 / purchase from Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978
Raven releases humanity from a clamshell
Claude Davidson (Haida)
Old Massett, British Columbia,
Turtle Island (North America)
1978
argillite
9 x 12.5 x 10.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:12 / purchase by Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-78_42_12-1100x1100.jpg)
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-82_44_1.jpg)
Raven, Man and Killerwhale Transformation 1
Tony Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Alert Bay/Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Turtle Island (North America)
1980
screen print on paper (82/190)
75 x 55.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 82.44:1 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1982
Kwa-Gulth Thunderbird, Killerwhale and Human
Tony Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Alert Bay/Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Turtle Island (North America)
1978
screen print on paper (3/59)
30.5 x 40.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:26 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978 and 1982
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-78_42_26-1100x733.jpg)
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-79_48_1-1100x733.jpg)
Kwa-Gulth Thunderbird and Orca
Calvin Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Alert Bay/Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Turtle Island (North America)
1979
screen print on paper, artist’s proof
56 x 80 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 79.48:1 / donation by Calvin Hunt, entry 1979
Mask with an Orca
Tony Hunt Jr. (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Victoria, British Columbia,
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1978
painted wood
54 x 26.5 x 29 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:51 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland from the artist via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-78_42_51_Bild2.jpg)
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-82_43_1_Bild1-1100x733.jpg)
Pugwis, Wild Man of the
Sea with a Loon
Stanley C. Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Victoria, British Columbia,
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1978
painted wood
33.5 x 29 x 52 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 82.43:1 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland from the artist via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1982
Fish trap
Dakelh
Bulkley, Turtle Island (North America),
before 1980
44 x 111 x 52 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 80.37:1 / purchase, entry 1980
![Fish trap, Dakelh Bulkley, Turtle Island (North America), before 1980](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/80_37_1-Bild2_Inventur-1100x733.jpg)
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-1257_09-1100x1100.jpg)
Water drum
Ne Ià:ia’k Nihononhontsá:ke
(Six Nations/Haudenosaunee)
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1909
tree bark, skin
17.5 x 15 x 14 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 1257:09 / purchase from Rudolf Cronau (1855-1939), entry 1909
Canoe model
Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands First Nations
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1880
birch tree bark, straw embroidery
9 x 8.5 x 24 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 85a / acquired from Eduard Paul sen., entry 1880
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-B-85a-1100x619.jpg)
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Bear and Fish
Miskwaabik Animiiki (Thunderbird)
Norval Morrisseau (Ojibwe)
Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek
First Nation (Sand Point)
Turtle Island (North America)
1977
silkscreen print on paper (29/50)
38.3 x 28.2 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 82.83:1 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982
Scolding
Saul Williams (Ojibwe)
Weagamow First Nation, North Caribou Lake
Turtle Island (North America)
1977
silkscreen print on paper (50/70)
36.6 x 38 cm
MARKK Inv. Nos. 82.83:2 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982
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Who Do Thee Wed?
Barry Peters (Ojibwe)
Pikangikum, Turtle Island (North America)
1976
silkscreen print on paper (24/27)
56.5 x 38.3 cm
MARKK Inv. Nos. 82.83:3 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982
Mother Goose
Goyce Kakegamic (Oji-Cree First Nation)
Sandy Lake First Nation, Turtle Island
(North America)
1976
silkscreen print on paper (32/54)
73.5 x 52.5 cm
MARKK Inv. Nos. 82.83:4 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982
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Wampum belt
Onoñda’gegá’ (Onondaga) Nation, Ne Ià:ia’k Nihononhontsá:ke
(Six Nations/Haudenosaunee) Territory
New York State, Turtle Island (North America)
before 1886
beads, leather
7.8 x 80 x 0.3 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 1974 / purchase from Hugo Schilling, entry 1886
Vessel
Po-Woh-Geh-Owingeh (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
New Mexico, Turtle Island (North America)
1890-95
painted clay
18 x 30 x 21 cm
MARKK Inv. No. B 6093 / donation by Aby Warburg (1866-1929), entry 1902
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/08/FS-B-6093_Bild2-1100x733.jpg)
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Snake-shaped Ceramic
Possibly Tairona, dates unknown
Estuary, Magdalena River, Colombia
incised clay
6 x 13 x 8.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 32.205:1 / purchase from Amelie Breling (1876-1965), entry 1932
Paddle
Karajá
Mato Grasso, Brazil
before 1932
wood
170 x 13 x 3.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 32.108:12 / donation by Rudolf Loeser, entry 1932
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-32_108_12_Bild1.jpg)
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Otobo
Headdress in the shape of a hippopotamus
Kalabari Ijo
Nigeria
before 1891
painted wood
47 x 23 x 13 cm
MARKK Inv. No. C 1541 / purchase from C. A. Pöhl, entry 1891
Headdress with four fish
Ijo
Nigeria
before 1901
wood, plant fibre
20 x 65 x 24 cm
MARKK Inv. No. C 3057 / purchase from J.F.G. Umlauff (1833-1889), entry 1901
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/C-3057_Inventur-1100x733.jpg)
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Oki
Water spirit headdress in
the form of a sawfish
Ijo
Nigeria
before 1973
wood, mirror applications
31 x 112.5 x 25.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 73.76:1 / purchase from Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), entry 1973
Carved Crocodile
Ijo
Nigeria
before 1892
wood, pigments
10 x 14 x 125 cm
MARKK Inv. No. C 1579 / purchase from H. Breitwieser, entry 1892
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Abora
Fish trap
Nigeria
before 1913
9 x 73 x 15 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 13.66:239 / purchase from Leo Frobenius (1873-1938), entry 1913
Calabash
Nigeria
before 1931
dried gourd
22 x 24 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 31.288:46 / donation by Captain A. Knutzen, entry 1931
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Ibe Deskle
Bottle with stopper
Kotoko
Kousséri, Chad and Cameroon
before 1911
Ostrich egg
22 x 16.5 x 15.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 12.148:451 / appropriated by Duke Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg (1873-1969) during the German Central Africa Expedition of 1910/11, entry 1912
Water vessel with lid
Kotoko
Kousséri, Chad and Cameroon
before 1911
animal hide
53 x 26 x 25 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 12.148:1871 / appropriated by Duke Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg (1873-1969) during the German Central Africa Expedition of 1910/11, entry 1912
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Mami Wata
Ewe
Togo
before 1989
painted wood
48 x 53 x 10.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 89.19:176a / purchase from Wulf Lohse (1938-2017), entry 1989
Fish trap
Togo
before 1909
45.5 x 80.5 x 73 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 749:09 / purchase from Harry Grunitzky (1873-1912), entry 1909
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Crocodile mask
Nuna
Bouri, Burkina Faso
1950s
carved and painted wood (ceiba pintandra)
18 x 128 x 19 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 57.8:1608 / purchase by Kunz Dittmer, entry 1956
Guemboura Kbira
Water jug
Fatima bent Omar (painter)
and Mohamed ben Rami (potter)
Sidi Kacem, Morocco
1980’s
clay
57 x 33.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 88.45:430 / acquired, entry 1988
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-88_45_430.jpg)
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Dscharra lil-mâ‘
Water jug
Hebron, Palestine
before 1934
clay
37 x 27 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 34.127:5 / donation by Ludwig Julius Brühl, entry 1934
Fayence vessel with humans and fish
Iran
18th-19th century
painted and glazed clay
19 x 31 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 28.151:2 / purchase from Kaiverwaltung, Hübnerkai Hamburg, entry 1928
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-28_151_2.jpg)
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Kveller plant
(Salicornia herbacea)
Hallig Oland, Germany, before 1924
dried plant, glass bottle, cork
20.5 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:61 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924
Brüllhöan
Foghorn
Hallig Gröde, Germany
before 1924
cow horn
36 x 24 x 9 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:44 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924
![Foghorn, Hallig Gröde, Germany, before 1924, Wadden Sea, Cow horn, shell](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-24_59_44-1100x733.jpg)
![Foghorn, Hallig Gröde, Germany, before 1924, Wadden Sea, Cow horn, shell](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/06/FS-24_59_45-1100x1100.jpg)
Brüllhöan
Foghorn
Hallig Gröde, Germany
before 1924
shell
11 x 9 x 20 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:45 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924
Fiogger
Weather vane
Hallig Gröde, Germany
before 1924
painted wood
3 x 75.5 x 10.4 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:55 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/24_59_55_Inventur-1100x733.jpg)
![Kruke, Water jug, Hallig Oland, Germany, before 1924, North Sea](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/FS-24_59_19.jpg)
Kruke
Water jug
Hallig Oland, Germany
before 1924
clay
40 x 24 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:19 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924
Eel fish trap
Winsener Elbmarsch, Harburg, Germany
before 1966
wicker
33 x 117 x 31.5 cm
MARKK Inv. No. 64.33:194 / purchase, entry 1966
![](https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2023/07/64_33_194_Inventur_bearbeitet-1100x733.jpg)
Contact
Dr. Johanna Wild
johanna.wild@markk-hamburg.de